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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16
The Meditatcd Suicide.

Speaking of suicdes-there have been sever
al lately, and a good many people are talking
about them-.a story is told conflentially by a
worthy citizen, who contemplated shutting
off this mortal coil He thought of it and
thinks he was in earnest, but this doubt, be-
cause killing ones self is said to be painful
operation and the worthy citizen is man
who is extremely careful of his own comfort.
However, business had gone wrong, another
man had secured the church pew he had set
his heart upon, rents had been raised, he
wasn't very well any way, and life didn't
seem worth living His wife would get his
insurance money; she knew as much about
his business as he did himself and could get
along without him.
That night he took home box of Trough
on Rats, "and after his wife had retired, took
it out and read the directions. Then he got out
his razor and strapped it and loaded his re-
volver. He didn't know which method he
would use, or whether he would try all and
make a sure thing of it, He would decide
after the razor was properly sharpened. Then
he strapped away, and while he was trying to
cut hair sleepy voice came from the next
room: George, Uncle John brought us a
gallon of new maple syrup to-day, and we
will have fritters and syrup for breakfast l
though -like-to know" The razor
and pistol were laid away promptly life took
on more roseate aspect and the next morn
ing after breakfast the "Rough on Rats" was
carefully distributed along the trail of
troublesome vermin. George still continues
cheerful journal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16
Peculiar Psychological Experiments.

A recent issue of Mind contains an account
of an interesting series of experiments on the
limit of the capacity to repeat series of
sounds after hearing them read once. A
German experimenter, Ebbinghaus, had
studied the powers of the memory by count
ing the number Of times given series of nom
sense syllables had to be repeated in order to
enable the nearer to reproduce them by rote.
Mr.. Joseph Jacobs with the cooperation of
Mr.. Sully, Mr.. Read and Mrs. Bryant has
carried q similar means of testing the
memory Tor, as they more accurately call it,
the "prehenson'O into the school room. The
method was somewhat simpler. Instead of
nonsense syllables for instance, dak-mil-tak-
bin-roz, which are very disturbing, the
names of the letters (omitting double NY and
OF the numerals (omitting seven) were chosen:
and the maximum number Of letters and
numbers that a child could repeat after one
reading was called its span" Care was
taken to pronounce the words as monotonous-
ly and rs regularly as possible in order to
avoid any assistance to the memory from a
more or less decided rhythm. The numbers
of letters were dictated to the class, each
member of which then USUALLY wrote down
as accurately as possible the series of letters
or numbers. The results thus reached were
quite interesting Science.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16
From the Panhandle,
druggists.

Capt. S. A. McMurray, commanding the
state rangers in the Panhandle, arrived in
the city Friday. The captain has the
headquarters of his command at Quanah,
on the Fort Worth g. Denver City railroad,
about 175 miles beyond Fort Worth; He
says the track of the Fort Worth d Denver
has been laid about seventy miles from
Quanah, and is going down at the rate of
a mile and quarter a day. The captain
reports tremendous influx of immigra-
ton to the Panhandle, comprising all
kinds and classes of people. There are
many good people coming in, he says, to
secure homes; men with small means,
anxious to locate and grow up with the
country. There are also many in the tide
of immigration who have no means, and
are merely looking for something to do.
There are also the usual force and supply
of cut-throats and scoundrels, and this
class serve to give the law officers as much
as they care for in the way of work.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16
Daily Drinking in New York.

Is drinking on the decline!
On the contrary there never was time in
my experience when daily drinking was so
universally habit as now. Old men and
young men drink and, worse, boys of tender
years follow their example. Brokers drink
because they are excited; dry goods dealers
drink because trade is dull all manner of ex-
cuses are made by people who need make
none, and fortunes are coined by men whose
mental faculty is sharpened to the point of
appreciation of the fact that appetite is
stronger than principle, and some of the most
palatial residences in this city are owned by
individuals who, twenty years ago, were bar
keepers in other peoples saloons, but upon
whom the tide Of fortune flooded as soon as
they opened places Of their own. Our chief
streets are lined with saloons of the gorgeous
type l have referred to, and certain localities,
which few brief years ago were recognized
as our choicest streets for residences, are now
transformed into thoroughfares lined on
either side by alleged restaurants, which are
in reality simply style of private bar room,
with supper room Gttached.-Joo Towards
Letter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16
An End to Bone Scraplng.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, III.
says: Having received so much benefit
from Electric Bitters, feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know it. Have
had running sore on my leg for eight
years; my doctors told me would have to
have the bone scraped or leg amputated
used, instead, three bottles of Electric
Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's
Arnica Salye, and my leg is now sound and
we'll"
Electric Bitters are sold at 80 cents a
bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at %
cents per box by Morley Bros.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16
CHANGES IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY


A Brief Interview with Mrs. Speaker
Notwithstanding Calls.
"Changes in the tone of Washington So
cietyF said Mrs. Speaker Carlisle, as she sat
in the parlor of the Gilsey house. Mrs. Car
Isle is a pleasant looking lady, who in her
youth was handsome, but her face begins to
bear the marks of years. i'll health, the anx-
iety of political and the strain of social life.
She is well formed, unusually tall, and has
SMALL finely shaped head crowned by light
reddish brown hair, and her voice is that I'M
usual thing among American women, low
toned and pleasant "Really," she went on,
81 do not think there has been much change
during the ten years l have lived there. The
personnel of society changes more or less
every four years, and slightly every two
years. And, of course, the incoming of
Democratic administration made a decided
difference among the people who are i'll front.
But don't think there has been much change
in the tone and purpose of society there since
l have known it."
"Then you do not think it has acquired
little more literary or intellectual flavor in
the last few years."
ayes, | believe it has turned little more
in the direction d. ring the last year. But
have been out of ociety entirely during the
winter on account of my health and so can
not speak decisively on that point"
"What do you think has been the causep
ooh, there hasn't been any immediate
cause. People just got tired of the old ruts
and turned to literary matters for something
new. Another respect in which the personnel
of Washington society is changing is that so
many society people from other cities go there
now to spend the winter. This element has
grown quite large and is increasing. Bui
they simply fall in with the ordinary societ
life of the city and do not attempt to change
its general character"
"Peoplc who have never lived in Washing
ton generally think there is less in its society
life than in that of any other city in the
country"
"And my opinion is that they are about
right" and Mrs Carlisle laughed pleasantly.
"Of course, those who live there long time
form many warm friendships, but society is
SO large and social duties are so many that
there isn't time for much else. The returning
of calls alone is a large tax upon ones
time. Last year, for instance, | made 1900
visits. New York Mail and Express.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16
4 Question of Manners,

Omaha Mamma readmg, MAY the angels
shower blessings upon you forever and ever
is the way japanese salutes fellow coun-
tryman on every occasion.
Little Dick-Whr, mamma, Go the Japan-
ese have angels"
Il suppose SO, dear"
swell, l hope l won't meet any japanese
angels when die"
"Why, Dick, what difference would It
maker
"I'd be sure to laugh" Omaha World
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16
PHILOSOPHY.
he few is a surfeit of pleasure,

Life to the few is a surfeit of pleasure,
Gay as the butterfly slipping its sweet,
Tripping through gardens miauet measure,
Happy Of Spirit with fairy shod feet.
Life TO the many's desert of sorrow,
Heavy Of heart and with plentiful tears:
Greving to-day, with no hopes for the morrow,
Slowly they wear out the beautiful years.
Life as it is has sufficient Of either
Sadness and gladness to answer our need,
Laughter and weeping, made wholly Of neither;
Harvest is always the growth Of the seed.
They who 90 bravely, with courage believing
All is not evil, will garner the good;
They arc deceived who forecast deceivIng,
Benefits given are not understood.
Annie Robertson NoXOn in Frank Leslie's.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16

Marshal Dill is at the Grard house. He
will qualify before Judge Butler in open
court tomorrow, and then take formal
possession of his office. 1t may be int res.
ing to applicants to know that he has only
five subordinates in his Office all payable
only by fees, and that their average pay is
not over 5000 per annum.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16

After his reading at Spar,anburg, S. c.,
George W. Gable held an informal discus
sion with all corners on the negro ques-
ton" When they heard of this the peo-
pie of Columbia were anxious to have him
90 there and do likewise, and sent him an
invitation to do SO, though a few days be-
fore they had Cancelled their engagement
with m
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16

A. FAULKNER, General Passenger sud Ticke A en-.
=. j. LAWLESS Union Ticket Agent
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16

DR.: Bragg, Homeopathic Physician
and Surgeon. Compound oxygen. Office
and home treatment for the cure of cor
sumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma,
dyspepsia, blood and nervous diseases.
Hours: 10 a. m. to ~ M, and 4 to 6 p. m.
919 Congress avenue, Austin, Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16
Miss Satan San.

The first japanese woman to enter Jour-
nalism is named ".Satan San If the male
journalists Of that section are as willing TO
give her a fair chance rs all of them are in
this country, she viii soon be happy enough
10 change her na,Dc Boston Globe.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16
ADVICE 10 MOTHERS.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. II
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays all pain, cures wind COLI, and is the
best remedy for diarrhRa. pc. a bottle
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16

MlssING-From Taylor, Texas. Ri
Moore, aged 26, with dark hair and eyes
about 81 feet in height; weighs about
$50 pounds. When last heard from he
was on his way to Colman City. Left
Taylor, Texas, June, 1856. Any iuforma-
ton leading to his discovery will be re-
warded. Address John n. Moore, Ante.
lope Springs, via Fort Fetterman, Wyo-
ming territory.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-16
WHAT Ais The NATION ,
The Average Length of Life De-
creased---Not Pestilence---
Not Famine---All Our
Own Fault.
Own Fault.

Own 'Fallt.
Modern Cooking and Modern Living
have brought it on. I: comes upon US
unawares. The patients have pains about
the chest and sides, and sometimes in the
back. They feel dull and sleepy; the
mouth has bad taste, especially in the
morning. A sort of sticky slime collects
about the teeth. The appetite is poor
There is feeling like heavy load on the
stomach; sometimes a faint, all-gone SEN
sation at the pit of the stomach which
food does not satisfy. The eyes are sunk
en-, the hands and feet become cold and
feel clammy. After while cough sets
in, at first dry, but after few months it
is attended with a greenish colored ex
pectoration. The patient feels tired all
the while, and sleep does not seem to af-
ford any rest After time he becomes
nervous, irritable and gloomy, and has
evil forebodings. There is gin!essd, pa
sort of whirling sensation in the head
when rising up suddenly. The bowels
become costive; the skin is dry and hot at
times; the blood becomes thick and stag
nant; the whites of the eyes becomes
tinged with yellow; the kidney secretions
become scanty and high colored, deposit
ing sediment after standing. There is
frequently a splitting up of the food,
sometimes with sour taste and some
times with sweetish taste; this is fire.
quertly attended with palpitation of the
heart and Asthmatic symptoms; the vision
becomes impaired, with spots before the
eyes; there is a feeling of great prostra.
tion and weakness. All of these synp-
toms are in turn present. 1t is thought
that nearly one half of orr population
has this disease in some of its varied forms.
Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel's Syrup
changes the ferments of the Digestive
organs so as to convert the food we eat
into form thai will give nourishment to
the feeble body, and good health is the
consequence. The effect of this remedy
is simply marvellous. Millions upon mil
lions of bottles have been sold in the
country, and the testimonials in favor of
its curative powers are overwhelming.
Hundreds of so called diseases under va
rious names are the result of indigestion,
and when this one trouble is removed the
other diseases vanish, for they are but
symptoms of the real malady.
Testimonials from thousands of people
speaking highly of its curative properties
prove this beyond any doubt. Sold by
druggists.
From the Panhandle.
Capt. S. A. McMurray, commanding the
state rangers in the Panhandle, arrived in
the city Friday. The captain has the
headquarters of his command at Quanah,
on the Fort Worth g. Denver City railroad,
about l75 miles beyond Fort Worth: He
, 1887-08-17

Otto @. Km9dsem,
FIN.
, 1887-08-17
Translation
Publication.

RTi is hereby made known that in
- consequence of information re-
ceived to the effect that smallpox
prevails in the Brazils, 16 Days Quar-
antine counting from the day of de-
parture, or last case during the voyage
is until further notice declared against
vessels arriving from the said place,
The Government of the Danish West In
dia Islands, st. Croix 18th August 1887.
For the G0vsTmOr,
VAN RRAKLE.
, 1887-08-17

n ~BONNENTER paa danske
&SS Blade m. m. anmodes ON at
indbetale Contingentet for October
Kvartal 1887 linden den code dennes,
saafremt Advancement 0nskes fort
sat.
O~hristiansteds P~ostkontor, st, Croix den
ode August 1887.
PETER LEMMING.
, 1887-08-17
Proclalna.

"A LIE og Enhver, der: MATTE,
80 have noget at fordre paa Skif-
tet efter afgange Plantageforyalter
RICHARD MORTON indkaldes.
herved med 3 Maaneders rVarsel TIL
for undertegnede Skfteret at anmelde
og bevisligg0re deres Krav.. III
C~hristiansted's skifteret, ST.. Croix den
lite August 1887. 9 As9E q
MAXEN,
est.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1887-09-09
hoRrHERH NURSERIES.
One of Mitcheli's Valuable Enter
prises.

The Northern nurseries, operated by
the Northern Nursery company, and
now permanently established here, is
one of our promising acquisitions. The
company is building up u business
which will not only be a valuable addi-
tion to the many enterprises of this
city, but will be of infinite benefit to
the horticultural interests of Dakota.
The present season there have been
employed from fifteen to thirty men,
and the company is making prepara-
tions to largely increase its business
another season, and will probably en-
gage extensively in the production of
Dakota grown seeds.
The company is now building stor-
age cellar in which to store stock for
early shipment. Last season there were
planted over 100000 root gratis, over
500 bushels of forest tree seeds, 1900
young evergreens and an immense
quantity of apple, crab, cherry, and
plum seeds, etc, to grow for grating
stocks, the product of which will be
grated and ready for planting in the
spring. Neither time nor money is
spared in experimenting, and these
varieties are sure to succeed in Dakota
soil and stand the climate.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1887-09-09
dappY Homes.

Much has been written and said
about how to make home happy The
moralist and the preacher have lack
neyed this theme until it would seem
nothing more remained to be said
But the philosophers have gone far out
of their way to account for the preva-
lcnce of ill-assorted couples and un-
happy homes, and have overlooked the
chief cause. Most of the unhappiness
of married life can he traced directly
to those functional arrangements to
which women are subject. In nine
cases out of ten the irritable, dissatis-
fled and unhappy wife is a sufferer
from some female complaint" A
trial of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
tion will produce more domestic hap
piness than million sermons or phil
osophical treatises 1t cures all those
peculiar Weaknesses and ailments Incl
dent to women. It is the only medi-
cine sold by druggists, under positive
guarantee from the manufacturers,
that it will give satisfaction in every
case, or money will be refunded See
guarantee printed on wrapper enclos-
ing bottle.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1887-09-09
A Word Wanted.

The universal use and adaptability of
the French title Of courtesy, Madame, +"
common also to Germans, and the Italian
"Signora," with their respective din1inu-
tives, "Mademoiscllc, y "Fraulein' and
sSignorina,' mark distinction, the alb
sence of a conversational equivalent to
which is, in our country, socially speak
ing, most inconvenient. Without an ex-
act knowledge of PERSONS name the
most polite of Englishmen is left without
any elegant means of avoiding what bor-
ders on rudeness. In a foreign tongue it
is possible to converse any length of time
with q nameless "Madamc," or even
"Mam 'zelle," or to refer to her existence
without any awkwardness, while these
simple forms of address wiz be further
ound to cover all difficulties in deterlnin-
ing the often vexed questions of rank and
title. Our language is unqucstionably
rich in literary excellence, but it must be
admitted it is somewhat deficient in the
delicate amenities of social intercourse
All the Year Round.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1887-09-09
a Photographic Prob1cn,.

Will a clear atmosphere produce u bet
ter photograph than hazy climate?
That's the question hanging on the lips of
every man you meet, and the strangest
part is that they all beieyeit. There was
some truth in the statement dozen years
ago. but now, owing to the instantaneous
process, requiring a seconds exposure, the
density Of the atmospheric surroundings
has no influence. No, the secret lies in
the pencil of the retoucher, which glides
rapidly over u negative, eradicating
blotches, blelnishcs, wrinkles and moles
on the faces of women. By the same
means young men with a weak growth Of
hair on the face have mustaches filled out
until the countenance almost escapes
recognition. The power of the retoucher
is great, and as one case in question l will
mention the portrait of Il child taken as
Puck. In the negative you could see only
a stick held across the knee. The re-
TOUGHER introduced couple of pencil hold
ers with crayons, which he had to build
up by a process thousand times more
tedious than steel etching. Photography
is losing it's mechanical cast every day
and taking on the accessories Of art, which
1 am convinced will some day leave the
portrait painter without a profession
Globe democrat.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1887-09-09
SOME LARGE STORIES.

A man i'll Putnam county, Ca, has finger
nails over two inches in length.
Zacharah Shelton, who resides in Hunt
ington Center, Conn, and is 70 years old,
has all attack Of whooping cough.
F. O. Carpenter, of Boston, is said to have
climbed twenty-seven mountains in New
Hampshire in thirty days. He belongs to the
Young Mems Christian association.
.Iartin Dexheimer, OF Hillsdale, N. y, has
p, that is something of porier. Although
not quite 2 years old, the pig in question
weighs 903 pounds.
A raft is being towed down Lake Huron to
Bay City which contains about 5000, 600 feet
of timber, and is valued at nearly 100000.
Wien they speak of raft of anything up
north they mean job lot.
A woman in Coweta county, Ga, picked
cabbage out of her garden the other day, and
upon slcing it, prepal atory to cooking, found
birds egg imbedded i'll the vegetable.
Some bird lad made nest i'll the cabbage
Tho two Oldest trees in the world are sup
posed to be the onein Calaveras county, Cal,
that is believed to be 1855 years old, and the
cypress of Somma, in Lombardy, Italy, that
is oil years old or planted forty two years
before Christ.
Boston has q knife grinder, not needy par
ticularly, but exceedingly muscular, SO that
he is renowned for his strength. One of his
performances US handed down by admirers,
was picking up u small car horse at the Lenox
street stables and carrying him bodily into
the car house.
"A San Diego, CAL, citizen who is @above
suspicion" has big grave vine, of which lie
says: LAST year l helped pick and weigh
1,l43 pounds Of fruit from that Vine saw
these grapes pressed into 123 gallons of wine
by man So years Of age, and the most of the
product was reyailed to medical men here at
50 per gallon"
Town Clerk Whitaker, of Salem, Ills, has
young Leghorn roostas that has fine ecr
for music When Miss Whitaker seats her.
self at the piano to play he hurries into the
room through the door or window, flies upon
the instrument, and, after looking at the keys
for short time, hops upon them and pounds
out notes that seem to fill him with delight.
A San Francisco newspaper says that u pet
chipnunk in that city hurt its foot so that
the flesh dropped off and left the bone cx-
posed. Thereupon the little fellow bit eff or
amputated the foot at what would correspond
to the wrist joint. In the course of few
days the bone still remained uncovered, be-
cause 10 provision had been made for flap
Of the flesh to cover it. The chipmunli then,
with his nose, turned back the flesh and lit
of piece of the bone above the end OF the
flesh so that it projected beyond the bone. in
two weeks it had healed up and tue result Is
. q rerfect stump.